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As you may know, Dick and I take the majority of our pictures in our yard and sun room. Being nature photographers and living in Michigan, our outdoor picture taking become a bit more limited in winter. That is not to say, however, that there is still not beauty to be found. The polar vortex…

Sitting here in Michigan where the temp today, with windchill, is -40F, it is a great time to be immersed in the images of summer. We’ve been looking back at our lotus pictures. It is one of our favorite subjects. This lotus picture is framed by images of the pond from which it comes. Now…

Begonias are a perennial flowering plant that is native to moist subtropical and tropical climates. Begonias belong to the family Begoniaceae. There are more than 1,800 different plant species. This photo is a pattern derived from the leaves and flowers of a begonias found in our local botanical garden. A great place to visit in…

This picture has been recently added to our Something of the Marvelous gallery. It is also currently in the Manhattan Arts International online exhibit, The Healing Power of Art 2019 Exhibition. This picture was created using photos of agave flowers.

As you probably know the bee population has been on the decline for many years. Some of the causes for this include pesticide use, loss of forage lands and a virus carried by mites which infest colonies. It is estimated that 40% of beekeepers colonies in the US were decimated in one year. Paul Stamets,…

Once you start looking closely at nature you become accustomed to seeing patterns everywhere. Really. Like when cooking with portabella mushrooms. If you look at the underside of them you find the most intricate and delicate patterns. Take a picture of that and reflect it in all directions and some surprising patterns emerge. This has…

“Just living is not enough… one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower” — Hans Christian Anderson This is a picture of plumeria flowers. Plumerias are one of the best smelling flowers. They are used for leis in Hawaii and it is a heavenly experience to wear one.

It is amazing what you find in your yard if you look really closely and having a closeup lens doesn’t hurt either. This little immature leaf hopper is about a tenth of an inch. You need to look and really see what you are looking at. They don’t move much and become almost invisible unless…